HD 87883 is 59.7 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K0 star; the first was found in 2009 by radial velocity (Lick Observatory).
Fly there in 3DHD 87883 b takes 8.2 years to go round its star once.
| Spectral type | K0 |
| Surface temperature | 4,980 K |
| Mass | 0.8 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.798557 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.338 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 7.56 |
| Age | about 7.6 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 59.7 light-years (18.3 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 152.1794°, Dec 34.2420° |
| Constellation | Leo Minor |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HD 87883 b | 8.2 years | 3.770 AU | 12.7 R⊕ estimated | 2005.5 M⊕ | Radial Velocity, 2009 |
Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.
For a star of 4,980 K, 0.34 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.58 to 1.05 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.
The light you see left 60 years ago, within living memory.